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Superior Oasis backs Salvation Army

Superior Oasis, which is the Comfort Suites, Days Inn, My Place, and Hudson’s Classic Grill, owned and operated by Linda and Frank Stabile, donated $2,500 to the Salvation Army this holiday season. Beverly Hamp accepted the donation on behalf of the Salvation Army from Linda and Frank ...

Westwood students qualify for BPA states

ISHPEMING — Upper Peninsula business students recently converged on Bay College in Escanaba for the 2022 Business Professionals of America Regional Leadership Conference. These high school students from across the Upper Peninsula gathered to compete in contests relating to finance, business ...

Area residents gain a degree, honors

Kilpela graduates MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Marquette’s Sarah Kilpela, College of Health Sciences, Master of Science, was among more than 1,900 prospective candidates for degree attending the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee virtual commencement exercises held on Dec 19 in Milwaukee. Garwood, ...

Friends of the Library salute Sandstrom

NEGAUNEE — The Friends of the Negaunee Public Library have dedicated a plaque to former member Jeanne Sandstrom, which will hang at the entrance to the Reading Room of the library. Sandstrom, the longtime president of the Friends group and also a member of the library advisory board, passed ...

Upper Peninsula Veterans War Memorial Challenge

IRON MOUNTAIN — The lights are on and so is the challenge to keep them on by making a donation to the Veterans Memorial atop the Pine Mountain Ski Jump in Iron Mountain. Some Gave All and the War Memorial Committee is asking each and every one of you to give some! So far the Michigan Sons ...

S.A.L. adds members

GLADSTONE — August Mattson Squadron #71 Sons of the American Legion held an initiation ceremony at the Gladstone Post recently. There were three Sons who were accepted for membership into the Squadron with 15 total new members in 2021. The Michigan S.A.L. is experiencing a resurgence in ...